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Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

Wælhræfn
Released: 2022-10-23
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24 Episodes
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Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2022-10-23
© Wælhræfn
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Episode 19 - The Goddesses Time Forgot

Episode 19 - The Goddesses Time Forgot

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Our sources for Norse mythology are pretty male-centric. But even so, when we tally up the names of all the gods we have vs. all the goddesses, it turns out we actually have a lot more goddess names than gods. Goddesses certainly played an important role in the lived religion of ancient Scandinavians, so this episode is a tribute to a few of the goddesses forgotten by time.
Sources:
“Germania” by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, 1st century
“Great Goddess Theory in Ancient Germanic Studies” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2019
“Goddesses Unknown I: Njǫrun and the Sister-Wife of Njǫrðr” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2012
“Goddesses Unknown II: On the Apparent Old Norse Goddess Ilmr” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2014
“Goddesses Unknown III: On the Identity of the Old Norse Goddess Hlín” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2017
“Heimskringla”, transl. by Alison Finlay and Anthony Faulkes, 2011
“Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend” by John McKinnell, 2005
“The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
“The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995
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Music:
Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Episode ID: 1000583601303
GUID: bdd15e54-726e-46b6-b762-65227db32673
Release Date: 23/10/2022, 22:25:53

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What makes Norse mythology "norse"? Why does Thor kill giants? What do the myths tell us about Loki's gender identity? The world of popular media is always happy to provide a modernized re-telling of ancient stories with a heavy scoop of creative license, but on "Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide", we'll dive into the original tales directly from the sources and learn together from experts in the field about what these stories really mean and how they would have affected the lives of the ancient people of the pagan north.
Contact me any time at waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com!

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